Join us today at the The RAI Anthropology & Conservation virtual conference for a session on linking cultural and natural heritage in #conservation systems -contributions from Texas, Scotland, Thailand and of course Soqotra @rbgescience Jansen van Rensburg nomadit.co.uk/conference/rai…

.Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh welcomes #COP26 pledge to halt #deforestation. Our scientists support community-based forest management in Nepal & Tanzania; monitor threatened #dryforest in S America; provide evidence to reduce cutting for rubber plantations in SE Asia bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… 1/2

With #COP26 we are hearing a lot about how world leaders are going to do something about the #ClimateEmergency but the real #ClimateAction will be undertaken by #Youth. See #youthinaction with the latest @SoqotraHeritage project regarding Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge

Tomorrow Climate and Nature meet COP26   We were pleased to be invited to the negotiating table where we have created over fifty large scale ikebana installations representing the biomes of the world.   #climateemergency #biodiversityloss #naturebasedsolutions

There is a lot that we don’t yet know about the extraordinary island of Soqotra…. But we weren’t expecting prehistoric creatures! 🦖field teams beware @soqotraheritage #onlocation youtube.com/watch?v=NkEU6f…

Want to support projects to better understand, conserve, and sustainably use the plant diversity of the Middle East. We have TWO exciting opportunities to join CMEP More details bit.ly/3GGvO5x #job #biodiversity #conservation #remotesensing #teamrbge @rbgescience

Announced this week the World Monuments Fund Watch 2022 includes the Soqotra Archipelago. We're delighted to be working with Soqotri, Yemeni and global partners to raise awareness of the extraordinary cultural significance of Soqotra. youtube.com/watch?v=16TBlZ… #WorldMonumentsWatch

Until the end of the week we’re going to celebrate some of our students and early career researchers, #smashingstereotypes. Lucía Campos, is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Edinburgh University and @RBGE_Science, working with Darwin Tree of Life and studying the mistletoe genome.

Thanks Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️. Great to have been able to present @SoqotraHeritage film bit.ly/3A1i8SR, made in partnership with CMEP, to United Yemeni Community in Scotland🧡 in #Glasgow during #RefugeeFestScot yesterday, and to hear so many wonderful stories. #Soqotra #Yemen

Recognising the remarkable contribution to our understanding of the flora of South West Asia made by Ian Hedge who has passed away at the age of 93. Here he is in 2017 talking about collecting in #Afghanistan bit.ly/3Aylb4T Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @RBGE_Science

It's #ConsGen22 ❕ Organised by The University of Edinburgh, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and RBGE, we will meet in the historic capital of Scotland to share recent developments in conservation genetics from around Europe and beyond. Follow the link below for more information 👇 bit.ly/3dZQ6hr

📣Final call for applications! We have the following vacancies within our @RBGE_Science team · Deputy Director of Science (Collections) & Herbarium Curator · Taxonomy Research Leader · Zingiberaceae Taxonomist Applications close 5 Oct rbge.org.uk/vacancies

.Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh are very proud to be part of this massive new effort to harness #genomic data for #biodiversity. Pete Hollingsworth

Just out in time for #COP27 Working with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh CMEP on Soqotra looking at how traditional land management systems are crucial to evaluating adaption to #climatechange with our partners ARC-WH @SoqotraHeritage eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/193145/1/Cultu… #ClimateAdaptation #heritage

In the news …learning and sharing crafting traditions of Jordan and Soqotra towards conserving #heritage and developing #livelihoods. yemenonline.info/society/6885 @SoqotraHeritage RSCN Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Jansen van Rensburg Arts and Humanities Research Council

CMEP's Alan Forrest and Jansen van Rensburg talking about Soqotra's traditional land management and climate resilience as part of the People's Palace Projects Cultural Heritage and the Climate Emergency In Debate series @SoqotraHeritage Arts and Humanities Research Council youtube.com/watch?v=I6wczN…

We’re hiring🌱 We’re looking for a botanist to join the @CMEPOrg team to deliver research and consultancy projects across the Middle East. Find out more here bit.ly/3GGvO5x @RBGE_Science Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities - nice piece in Scientific Reports by CMEP and partners at American University of Beirut: doi.org/10.1038/s41598… #botanicgardens #cities #education

Last chance to apply to join the Corp Megaproyectos E research team and help better understand and conserve the plant biodiversity of the Middle East. Applications due tomorrow. Full job description and application details bit.ly/3GGvO5x

Great to see the omanbotanicgarden team continuing to expand our knowledge of the flora of Oman- including two new records for the Arabian Peninsula Clerodendrum phlomidis and Verbascum virgatum.